Unit 7 Find out / Point out / Cross out

Read the definitions and answer the questions.

Find out
to make an effort to discover or get to know
something / the truth / location / address / time /
more information.

to discover through examination or inquiry, as in

You can find out his phone number in the
I need to directories.
find out what platform number
is. What have you recently found out on the internet
about your country, your city, or some celebrities?

What haven´t you still found out?

Where do we find out information about someone

or a company?

Point out

to draw attention to something or

someone as in He pointed out the
oldest building in the city, or She
pointed out an error in my Why should we point out that someone is doing a
project. good job?

Have you ever pointed out the obvious

consequences to someone who was making a big
mistake?

What did you point out to someone while surfing

the internet?

Cross out to eliminate, remove from a list as in Cross the

name out the list.
to put a line or X through something which has
been written as in She crossed out £250 and
put in £500.

Which people should be crossed out in our society?

Do you ever cross out your old contacts in your cell

phone? Why?

Which plans or dreams haven´t crossed out?

 Unit 8 Hold on / Put through / Call back / Hang up

Read the definitions and answer the questions.

Hold on to wait (especially on the

telephone) as in If you can hold on a

minute, I'll go and find her.

How do you feel when a call center operator

asks you to hold on?

Put through to connect a telephone

caller to the number he or she wants.

Have you ever been put through a wrong

extension number?

Call back to telephone someone in

return, as in May I call you back next
week?

Why don´t you sometimes call back?

Hasn´t anybody ever called you back?

How did you feel?

Hang up to end a phone conversation.

For example, She hung up the phone, or
He hung up on her.

Have you ever hung up on someone? Why?

Has anybody ever hung up on you? Why?

Unit 9 Look around / Look for / Look up

Read the definitions and answer the questions.

Look around
to visit and tour round a place.
a house / a shop / a town / a factory / an
exhibition etc. as in Do you want to look around the
school?

What should you look around while visiting city or

a country?

How do you feel when you look around slums or

favelas?

Look for
to search for, to try to find (something or someone), often a
thing or person that is lost as in He was looking for work
as a builder or I’m looking for Jim. Have you seen him?

What or who are you still looking for?

What don´t you want to look for anymore?

Look up

to check or try to find something.

Where do you look up in when you don´t know

the location of a city? What about someone´s
address? What about the arrival time of a flight?

Unit 10 Throw away / Go away / Be away

Read the definitions and answer the questions.

Throw away to dispose, discard.

What have you thrown away recently?

What do you regret having thrown away?

What should people throw away?

to depart, leave a place, travel somewhere. It can also be used figuratively to mean
"disappear," as in
For example, They
went away this
morning, or Are you
This rain won't go
going away this
away.
winter?

This expression also can be used as an

imperative ordering someone to leave: Go
Do you know anyone who has gone away
away!
from the city?
Who or what would you like to go away?
Who would you like to go away with?

Be away to be absent as in The

neighbors are
away or distant in
Are you gonna be away next holiday?
space or time as in
Where to?
The city is miles
away. The game
Do you know anyone who ´s away for a
was still a week
while? Who?
away.
I will be away and
How do you feel when you´re away from
out of Internet range until November
home? Or from your country?
7th.
 Unit 11 – Get along/on Hang out Drop by/in

Read the definitions and answer the questions.

Get along/on if people get along/on, they

are friendly and like each other.

What kind of people do you get along with?

Who don´t you get along with?
Why don´t some co-workers get along with each
other?

Hang out to spend free time with someone

somewhere.

Who do you like to hang out with?

Where do you usually hang out with your
friends?
Do you think people of different social classes
should hang out with each other?

Drop by/in to visit someone in a brief casual

way, usually unannounced.
For example, I asked her to drop by whenever she
was in the neighborhood or Joan loves to have
friends drop in.

Have you ever dropped by a friend´s home or

flat? Why have you done that?

How do you feel when someone drops by?

Who would you like to drop by?

Unit 12 Review

Role play the telephone conversations. Then match the phrasal verbs in bold to their
meanings.

Cindy [calls]
Secretary: Good morning, Asia Pacific Enterprises. How can I help you?
Cindy: Hello, my name is Cindy Wu. Could I speak to Mr. Lau, please?
Secretary: Yes, hold on please. I´m sorry, his line is engaged. Would you like to leave a
message?
Cindy: Yes, could you tell him to call me back please?
Secretary: Yes, what´s …Oh, just a moment, his line is ok now. I´m putting you through, Ms.
Wu.
Mr. Lau: Hello, how can I help you?
Cindy: My name is Cindy Wu. I am a student at Hong Kong University. I am calling about a project
we are doing in my economics class. Mr. Chan from Eurasia Products said you might be able to
help me. He is a friend of my uncle, they grew up together in the same town.
Mr. Lau: Yes, I know Mr. Chan.... He´s a very nice person, we do get along with each other and
hang out at the golf club. So, what can I do for you?
Cindy: Well, one of our assignments is to look for a particular company which was set up more
than 10 years ago, describe the kind of business it does and point out its strengths and
weaknesses in the market. We would also like to find out why its turnover is going up or going
down.
Mr. Lau: Yes, ok.
Cindy: I wonder if you would mind if I look around your company one day next week and talk to
you and your staff.
Mr. Lau: Hmmm, we are rather busy then as some employees will go away on holiday. What
would you like to do exactly?
Cindy: I would like to spend a day in your company to interview you and your staff while they are
working.
Mr. Lau: Yes, well, as I said, we are very busy next week. Just a moment, I´ll look up in my
diary. Ok, I will call off some appointments and put them off to the week after. Then we might be
able to arrange a visit for you.
Cindy: Oh, that would be fine. Thank you. I don't want to drop by, cause you any trouble and
throw your time away.
Mr. Lau: I will try to arrange something. Which day would you like to come?
Cindy: Let me see ... Wednesday is the best day for me.
Mr. Lau: No, sorry! I will be away all day in a business meeting. How about Thursday?
Cindy: Thursday, Thursday would be fine for me. What time is convenient for you?
Mr. Lau: 10 a.m. O.K.?
Cindy: Yes, 10 a.m. Could you tell me where your office is?
Mr. Lau: [crosses out previous appointment]. On the 7th floor, Room 723. Please ask for my
secretary.
Cindy: Room 723 [writes down]... OK, then I'll come to your office in Room 723 at 10 a.m. on
Thursday the 25th.
Mr. Lau: O.K.
Cindy: Thank you so much for your help. I look forward to meeting you.
Mr. Lau: Me too! Good luck with your project.
Cindy: Thank you. Goodbye.
Mr. Lau: Bye.
Cindy [hangs up]
1 make an effort to discover or get to know something / the truth / location / address /
time / more information.

2 draw attention to something.

3 eliminates, removes from, puts a line or X through something which has been written.

4 wait (especially on the telephone).

5 connecting a telephone caller to the number she wants.

6 telephone someone in return.

7 ends a phone conversation.

8 visit and tour round a place, a house / a shop / a town / a factory / an exhibition, etc.

9 search for, try to find something.

10 check or try to find something.

11 dispose, discard.

12 depart, leave a place, travel somewhere.

13 be absent or distant in space or time.

14 have a friendly relationship and like each other.

15 spend free time with someone somewhere.

16 visit someone in a brief casual way, usually unannounced.

17 developed from a child into an adult.

18 rising, increasing

19 decreasing, falling, dropping.

20 establish, found.

21 cancel something, an event / an arrangement / an appointment / an activity etc.

22 postpone, delay doing something until a later date.

23 expect with pleasure, feel excited about something that is going to happen.